whisperkit-coreml vs parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3

Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 10 November 2026.

argmaxinc · A · Open weights
Params
—
Context
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30d
51.6 M
mit · commercial OK
mlx-community · B · Open weights
Params
630 M
Context
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30d
2.7 M
cc-by-4.0 · commercial OK

Specification comparison

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Specification whisperkit-coreml parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3
Parameters — 630 M
Architecture — —
Context length — —
Licence mit cc-by-4.0
Commercial use Allowed Allowed
Languages — 25
Downloads 30d 51,550,655 2,701,930
Downloads all time 135.3 M 14.2 M
Quantizations on the Hub — SAFETENSORS
Gated No No
First seen on the Hub 2024-02-28 2025-08-16

Download trend

Daily snapshots, last 90 days (13 Aug – 10 Nov)

51.6 M1.3 M
whisperkit-coreml parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3

VRAM side by side

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3 · fp16 3.4 GB / 24 GB
✅ Runs comfortably

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